Improvement in hose-couplings



UNITED STnTns APATENT @arten LEVI WHARTON, OF SALEM, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO. ANOS-RANK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOSE-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,917-, dated J une .13, 1871.

To all 'whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, LEVI Wnnnron, of Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Oouplin gs, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improved method of connecting sections ot' hose by detachable couplings, to admit of the sections being readily united or separated, as exigencies may require.

The object of the rst part of my invention is to attain a secure connection of the joints While permitting them readily to be united or disunited Without twisting the hose 5 to which end the improvement consists, rst, in combining a socket, a plug ittin g into said socket, and spring-hooks on one section interlocking with lips on the other to hold the sections together. Second, in combining a socket, with an internal ilange, a gasket or elastic packing resting on the flange, a. plug bearing on the gasket, an annular groove in the plug, a packing-ring in said groove to. bear against the socket, and spring-hooks on the plug lookin g into a lip on the socket, to secure a tight joint and yet allow the coupling to turn to prevent twisting of the hose.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a view in perspective of the plug and socket detached; Figll, alongitudinal section through the coupling.

The bore Bf of the socket B, at that end' which is nearest the hose, is of a size correspending with the bore A of the plug A. An annular flange, b, arranged in theinterior ofthe socket, serves as asupportfor a packing-rin g or gasket, E, of rubber or other suitable material.

The front end or mouth D of the socket fia-res outward slightly, and its outer end is provided with an annular lip, b. The plug Atapcrsat its inner end to conform to the iiare of the socket; its end bears against the gasket E. An annular groove in the plug is iitted With I a packing-ring, d. Spring-hooks, O, on the plug catch on the lips b, as the plug enters the socket, and locks the sections irmly together; they are released by pressing with the hand on the springs and drawing the sections apart.

rIhus, by my invention the sections can readily be united or severed Without the use of a Spanner or wi'thouttwisting the hose; all that is necessary to unite the sections being to press the plug into the socket. The gaskets make the joints tight.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the daring socket, its internal lip, the tapering plug, and the springhooks on the plug, interlocking With the internal iiange on the lip, all these members being constructed to operate in combination, substantially as hereinbeiore set forth.

The combination of the socket, its internal iiange, `the gasket E resting on the flange, the plug inserted in the socket and bearing on the gasket, the packing-ring surrounding the plug, the spring-hooks on the plug, and the lip in the socket, into which they interlock, all these members being constructed to operatein combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

LEVI WHARTON.

Witnesses WrLLrs OADWALLADER, Altos RANK. 

